A manly box made with Ipe.

That’s how my wife describes it, as a “manly box” and maybe a little art deco. This one I put the lid on upside down. After great advise from LJ’s I went ahead and ground out the brass tube used for the pivot. Had it been a solid rod I couldn’t have done it. As it was I still cracked the lid a bit reefing it out, (Ipe is really strong!) but nothing that couldn’t be fixed as good as new.

Abie, thanks for asking, I used Titebond III and wiped the joints with acetone pre-gluing. It’s not going anywhere other than my fireplace mantle so I will be the first to be disappointed should it not hold, but I think it will.